Soul Speak


UPDATE! SUPREME SOUL and THE ADRIAN WILLIAM PROJECT have been added to the line-up!


Enjoy an evening for Save Darfur filled with spoken word poetry, hip-hop dance showcasing and live hip-hop music and a special closing act from Gabe Bondoc.

Featured guest performers: MTV America's Best Dance Crew's SuperCr3w (Season 2) and Boxcuttuhz (Season 3), Headhunters, Not Your Average Superheroes, Infinity Funk Project, Gabe Bondoc, R-Evolution, A1 Crew, Jive Theory, iLL-Literacy and more.

Super Cr3w is a conglomerate of b-boys from three West Coast dance crews -- Full Force, Battle Monkeys and Knucklehead Zoo -- who battled each other eight years ago and have been friends ever since.But what exactly makes this crew so super? Well, for starters, they have traveled the world showing off their skills, having won countless competitions together and as solo dancers, with their most recent title as America's Best Dance Crew.

Each Boxcuttuhz member has danced along side many notable dance crews such as: Quest, Unity La, GRV, America's Best Dance Crew alums Jabbawockeez and Funkanometry.

Boxcuttuhz cite M.I.A., Cool Kids, Bjork, Kardinal Offishal, Janet Jackson, Missy Elliottt and Ludacris among their favorites to dance to, and Lando says he won't musically pigeonhole the group. "Unless I revert back to the 'gangstaness' and get gritty with some 'ol hood fun, I love the old school funk beats, house R&B and alternative music," he says. Boxcuttuhz won the hearts of thousands of MTV viewers with their slick choreography and creativity.

Enter iLL-Literacy -a collective of poets, emcees, and all-around fresh individualswith a mission that seems simple enough: to have something to say, and for people not only listen, but want to listen.

Call it spoken word, call it hip-hop theater, but never call it typical, the crew consists of Adriel Luis, Dahlak Brathwaite, Nico Cary and Ruby Veridiano-Chingfour artists who  harbor impressive accolades in their own rights.  Since the four officially debuted their tour as a collective at the American University of Paris in 2005, iLL-Literacy has swept the corners of the globe with a delicious blend of lyrical verse, innovative theatrics, and an addictive approach to audience interaction that has kept the crew traveling nonstop.

iLL-Literacys hot, and only getting hotter.  Nuff  said.